As a palliative medicine physician, you struggle every day to make your patients as comfortable as possible in the face of physically and psychologically devastating circumstances. This new reference equips you with all of today's best international approaches for meeting these complex and multifaceted challenges. In print and online, it brings you the world's most comprehensive, state-of-the-art coverage of your field. You'll find the answers to the most difficult questions you face every day...so you can provide every patient with the relief they need.

Comes with access to the complete contents of the book online, for convenient, rapid consultation from any computer.

Includes regular online updates to keep you current for years to come—plus links to Medline and CrossRef abstracts, a fully searchable drug database, outcome assessment tools, downloadable illustrations, and more.

Published Reviews

"There is an amazing volume of information and knowledge...All in all, this is an outstanding book and if you have a strong interest in this field as a health professional then this is a must have."

Elsevier is a leading publisher of health science books and journals, helping to advance medicine by delivering superior education, reference information and decision support tools to doctors, nurses, health practitioners and students. With titles available across a variety of media—print, online and mobile, we are able to supply the information you need in the most convenient format.